Mower attachment.



' No. 649,619. Patented May l5, I900.

J. E. STANFIELD.

MOWER ATTACHMENT.

\Application filed Feb. 14. 1900.,

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JOSEPH ERNEST STANFIELD, OF GARY, NEBRASKA.

M OWER ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,619, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed February 14, 1900. Serial No. 5 ,1'74. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ERNEST STAN- FIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gary, in the county of Banner and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mower Attachments;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mowerattachments, and especially to an apparatus which may be readily appliedto a mower for the purpose of accumulating the grain as it is cut anddumpin g the same by means of a foot-actuated lever.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation ofparts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings,and then specifically claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a top planview of a mower with my attachment applied thereto. section upon theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section upon the line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.at is an enlarged sectional detail taken through the cutter-bar. Fig. 5is an enlarged detail in perspective of a portion of the curved rod withtrailer-arms attached thereto. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing thepivotal connection of one end of the dumping attachment.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a rod having a series of loops A, and B designates thefinger-guards of the mower, over which guards the loops A are caught inapplying the attachment. Pivoted to the alternate loops between theguards are the trailing rods 0, having eyes at their pivoted ends, andthese rods are designed to trail upon the ground and underneath the barsupporting the finger-guards, there being a notch left in each of saidfinger-guards, as at O, in order to Fig. 2 is a allow for ample room, sothat the looped rod and its attachments will not interfere with thecutting apparatus.

The adjustable dumping members comprise the two pieces D and D which arebent as shown, and one of said pieces, as D, has an aperture (1 at oneend in which a double-eye pivotal pin E is carried, the other eye ofsaid pin being pivoted to the bolt F, carried by the casting G at theouter end of the guard-bar H. The tapering end of the member D has anaperture (1, whereby said end may be pivoted to a bolt K on the foot K'.The meeting ends of said members are designed to have a series ofregistering apertures J J, and by means of bolts the overlapping endsmay be adjusted in different sets of registering apertures accordinglyas it may be desired to adapt the dumping attachment to mowers havingdifferent lengths of cutter bars. The under edges of the members D and Dwhen adjusted for use rest upon the free ends or near the free ends ofthe trailing rods.

Mounted on the frame of the mower, preferably at a location near thefixed end of the tongue N, is a casting M, in which casting is journaledthe foot-lever rod R, bent, as at R, to form the foot-actuated part, andsaid rod after passing through the casting is bent,'as at R atright'angles to its journaled portion and extends rearward to a locationopposite the swinging end of the dumping device, and then said rod isbent at right angles and the eye 1* at the end of the rod is caught intoan aperture (1 in the upper edge of the member D. By the provision ofthis foot-actuated lever it will be noted that the dumping device may beeasily operated by simply depressing the foot-engaging end of the lever.

The operation of my improved attachment will be readily understood. Thegrain as it is cut falls on the trailing rods and accumulates thereon,being held there by the members D and D until a suflicient quantity ofthe grain has accumulated to dump. As the foot-lever is depressed thedumping device is raised and the grain is allowed to fall off thetrailers.

Owing to the simplicity of my invention it may be easily attached to amower, thus male ing the mower capable of being utilized as a machinefor bunching the grain and depositing same at intervals where it may beconveniently loaded.

, Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim to be new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An attachment for mowers, comprising, in combination with thefinger-board, and finger-guards thereon, the looped rod engaging 10 oversaid guards, the trailing rods having

